Macintyre Taback is a cellist, chamber musician, and teacher based in Boston, MA

He is the cellist of the Abeo Quartet, founder and director of the Bennetts Point Cello Institute, and a doctoral candidate at the New England Conservatory, where he also serves as studio assistant to Laurence Lesser.

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Founded at Juilliard in 2018, the Abeo Quartet won Silver Medal at the Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition and Third Prize at the Bad Tölz International Competition in 2023, and has held residencies at Caramoor, La Jolla SummerFest, and Marlboro Music.

Mac is a regular participant at IMS Prussia Cove and Marlboro Music, and has collaborated with artists such as Gidon Kremer, Gary Hoffman, and Mark Padmore. His 2026–27 season includes a tour with Musicians from Marlboro.

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A native of New York City, Mac holds degrees from Eastman and NEC and plays a cello made by David Tecchler in Rome, 1723.